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139 x 82 mm. Showing a group of unidentified officers gathered round a motor car during the mock attack on St. John's, Antigua.

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102 x 73 mm. Showing Bell (in uniform) and Lady Edeline Strickland (1870-1918) standing outside the Council Chambers in St. Johns Antigua for the opening of the Federal Council on March 22 1903. Lady Strickland was the eldest daughter of the 7th Earl de la Warr and wife of Gerald Strickland, Governor of the Leeward Islands 1902-04.

Scope and Contents 109 x 87 mm. The inscription reads 'A Merry Xmas 2 you all' and was painted by the then Prince George of Wales when he visited Antigua while serving as a Lieutenant on H.M.S. Canada. A newspaper cutting in Y3011E reproduces this photograph, crediting it to Dr Louis W. Sambon. That paper dates the painting 1884, although a letter from Sandringham confirms Bell's date: 'I have laid before the King your letter of the 19th December to Lord Stamfordham, together with the photograph ... His...

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125 x 98 mm. Showing Bell standing in front of a Guard of Honour of the Antigua Volunteers commanded by Major Ledeatt, on his return from leave.

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187 x 126 mm. A view in the cathedral looking along the nave towards the pulpit and altar. The title is taken from the pencilled caption on the back of the print.

Scope and Contents 88 x 88 mm. Showing Jack Walpole standing on the steps of Government House, St. John. No biographical details concerning Walpole have been found, but he may be the Jack frequently mentioned in Bell's letters who came to Antigua to convalesce in December 1912: 'I found that the Lear trio had arrived alright the day before and were comfortably installed at Govt. House. They were all looking well but poor Jack has, since then, had one of his rather bad attacks. The doctor told Nell that...

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150 x 200 mm. Photo shows: Sir Alexander Williams, Governor of the Leeward Islands (second left), Sir Colville Deverell, Governor of the Windward Islands and Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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150 x 204 mm. Photo shows: Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Secretary of State for the Colonies with Sir Grantley- Adams, the Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation.

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154 x 203 mm. Seen at the opening session of the Constitutional Conference which opened in Lancaster House are delegates from the Federal Government of the West Indies. From right to left are: Sir Grantley Adams, C.M.G., Q.C., Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation; Mr. G.D.G. La Corbiniere, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industries, and Mr. R.L. Bradshaw, Federal Minister of Finance.

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154 x 204 mm. The Secretary of state for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, (second from right) presides at the opening session of the Leeward and Windward Constitutional Conference. On the Colonial Secretary’s right is Mr. Julian Amery, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, with left to right, Mr. W.E. Jacobs, Attorney General, Leeward Islands; Sir Alexander Williams, Governor of the Windward Islands.

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155 x 202 mm. In this picture the Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, Sir Grantley Adams (standing left centre) is seen addressing the delegates from the Leeward and Windward Islands and from the Federal Government of the West Indies at the opening session of the conference.

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Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

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A scrapbook album containing prints of various sizes by various photographers. The majority of the prints are captioned in Bell's hand. They relate to his period as Governor of the Leeward Islands, which ended in 1915; visits to England and South Africa; and, from plate 33 onwards, his Governorship of Mauritius, to which he was appointed in 1915.

Scope and Contents These letters discuss Bell’s continuing efforts to justify himself to the Colonial Secretary Lewis Harcourt over the Nigerian Mission issue. Other official subjects include finance and initiatives to revive the pineapple industry, improve living accommodation for the labouring classes, support mothers with young children, and to rationalise customs tariffs and establish free trade within the Leeward Islands. Bell also comments upon the economic plight of sugar planters and the question of...

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Prominent subjects include official visits, the constitutional status of Dominica and the meeting of the Legislative Council (15 sheets).

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Priminent subjects include the raising of troops to fight in the First World War, brief accounts of islands visited, and the settling of Bell's private affairs after accepting the appointment as Governor of Mauritius (8 sheets).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...

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155 x 115 mm. Showing a group of Antiguan women weaving straw hats.

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224 x 182 mm. A view looking down on the settlement of Marigot, with streets of houses built along a narrow spit of land jutting out into the harbour. Marigot is the capital of St. Martin which lies north-west of Saint-Barthèlemy.

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232 x 175 mm. Showing a group of masqueraders dressed for carnival, surrounded by a group of laughing Antiguan youths.

Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints of various sizes (mainly snapshots) by various photographers. The prints are largely uncaptioned and are mainly duplicates of prints in the other parts of the collection. The prints have been grouped chronologically thus: Uganda (1-47), Northern Nigeria (49-68), Caribbean (69-88), Mauritius (89-111), miscellaneous (112-117). The collection also includes 10 original negatives which are listed with the prefix 'Y3011G/ON'. Two geographical anomalies have crept...

Scope and Contents 263 x 210 mm. Showing an area newly laid out with small wooden cottages. This is part of the scheme referred to by Bell in a letter; having made a start of clearing away a 'dirty little rookery, called Hyndman's village, which is quite close to Government House', Bell commenced: 'laying out a 'model village' at Clare Hall, about a mile away from the town, and am hoping to be able to induce a lot of people who are now living in the most awful conditions in the town slums to move up there...

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124 x 99 mm. A view of some cottages.

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Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

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Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.